What Say You?
Wow.
Spent all day in Worland.
Spent an embarrassing amount on groceries.
Spent too much on dog food.
Spent lots of enjoyable time visiting with Ten Sleep people I haven't seen for a while... took me FOREVER to make it through the grocery store!
Spent NOTHING at the thrift stores... which is a bummer because I'm looking for rugs/carpet for the Billiard Room downstairs, both to warm it up and decrease some of the echoing noise of pool! Plus I want a little table to repaint and put a chess board on top of... One that costs about $5.00. One those wet rings from Bud Light cans won't ruin... it'll just add "character"!
BUT! The FIND of the day...
This.
This is "Maggie and Nightstorm" by Nancy Cawdrey from Bigfork, Montana.
I've always liked this fun style, but most are just WAY too colorful to blend into my rooms... but honestly, this one is toned down and more rusts and blue with smidges of turquoise.
I'm REALLY thinking about this one. I haven't bought it yet... I'm checking on frames... honestly? $500 to mat and frame it? Yeah... let me work on that! I think I can come up with an alternative...
Everything else I'm thinking of hanging is still "milder"... very serene... feather prints from Shreve at Daily Coyote... my Wyoming archaeology poster.
But this one GRABBED me.
I always thought I'd try for one of Anne Hanson's paintings out of Shell, Wyoming. Her realistic cowgirls and dogs are a favorite... but I must say... I want her to do one with Lucas!!!! How can I put a *Border Collie* on my wall?
Then, there's long lost Michael Kite. Did I tell you about him? I worked with him yeeeeeaaaaaaars ago... He was an archaeologist, not an artist... but he was amazing... Native American paintings that I just LOVED and he didn't think they'd sell. I lost contact, and now, I'd love to have one of his paintings... but I don't know where or how to find him!
The store actually had the Robert Duncan print I wrote about here. I think I'll have to get it and put it in my bedroom.
But back to "Maggie and Nightstorm"... what do you think?
Too bright?
Too Out Of Character?
If I can make my "Rimrock Roundup" by Barbara Schaffner look better in the living room, it could go there and Maggie could be in my dining room with the other rusts I have there...
Oh, decisions, decisions.... I need your HELP!
What say you?
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OMG I LOVE it!! The colors are earthy enough I think it will blend yet stand out. How can you resist?? IMHO that is...
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I have 2 Picasso prints in my kitchen. I love them and they work for me.
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it will look great!!! the sites you listed, i looked at the paintings - all of them are so cool. i wish i had the $ to buy a couple. thanks for sharing at least i can look at them from afar. people amaze me with their talent to make a painting - drawing look like you are right there in real time! shreve always has good ideas. you should ask her about a mat and a frame your new treasure. i am sure you have some old barn wood (?) to do a frame for it!!
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I LOVE IT! But, more importantly, if you really love it, then it should grace your wall!
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Gorgeous!
The vibrancy suggests game room to me at first, but then again, maybe somewhere you will get to look at it all the time... living room with a couple of cushions using one or two of the colors from the painting to anchor it in the room?
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Love the painting...Especially the colors in the horse... How fun.. I bet you could get a certain type mat cutter and learn how to cut your own with a little practice.... You have the talent for it...
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I never regret buying art. I still remember NOT buying a painting in the 80's.
My work here is done. : )
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I loved checking out the sites mentioned
in your post today. And I love the Nancy Cawdrey painting a lot! It has a very unique look to it, and I think you'll be able to find the right spot for it! Maybe a local high school art teacher could help you cut the mat and frame it. The mat definitely needs a special cutting tool, but one can make a nice frame with a miter box. Good luck!
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If you love it, get it! You'll find a place for it I'm sure.
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LOVE that painting!! You're talented enough to frame it yourself.
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Hi Carol,
If you happen to be going through Wheatland. Bring your 'Rimrock Roundup" to Wyoming Trails Gallery and I would be happy to change the matting on it to go with your room. No Charge. Just glad to do it for you.
Barbara Schaffner
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Wow, Barbara... what an awesome gesture! That's class. Thank you. My dad always just LOVED that painting... and I LOVE that now I live among the rimrocks!
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